Gouvães Dam () is a rockfield dam on the Torno River. It is located in the municipality Vila Pouca de Aguiar, in Vila Real District, Portugal and it is part of the wider Tâmega Electricity-Generating Group formed of three dams and three plants
Iberdrola signed a 70-year concession with the Government of Portugal in July 2014 for the design, construction and operation of three projects: Alto Tâmega, Daivões and Gouvães dams.
Construction of the dam completed in July 2022.
Dam Gouvães Dam is tall.
Reservoir The reservoir surface area for the dam has .
Power plant The generating unit of the dam consists of four 220MW reversible turbine units with a diameter of and speed of 600rpm and producing 1468 GWh of electricity a year.
The maximum discharge capacity of the spillway located on the left of Gouvães dam is of . The dam also includes of tunnels along with a shaft. The penstock is a concrete tunnel with a length of and diameter of .
See also
List of power stations in Portugal List of dams and reservoirs in Portugal
References